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Breaking News Ukraine unveils new long-range Neptune missile variant.
According to information published by Defence24 on August 17, 2024, Ukraine has unveiled a new variant of its R-360 Neptune cruise missile. This new version of the missile, reportedly adapted for striking land targets and featuring an extended range of up to 400 kilometers, was showcased in a video released by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

^{Screenshot of the new long-range Neptune missile variant. (Picture source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)}

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Ukrainian NEMESIS Drones Destroy Russian Artillery and Air Defense Systems

^{Ukrainian heavy drone Nemesis ("Baba Yaga" in Russian slang)}

The 412th Battalion of Unmanned Systems used NEMESIS attack drones to target Russian artillery systems, armored vehicles, and air defense systems.

All these operations were conducted at night, as shown by the Battalion.

The strikes were carried out using heavy Nemesis drones, which were equipped with several explosives and had stable communication due to an integrated Starlink terminal.

The battalion also struck tanks, trucks, electronic warfare antennas, and buildings with Russian soldiers.

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Nearly 1 million people temporarily exempted from military service, Defense Ministry says
About 930,000 Ukrainians liable for military service are temporarily exempted from military service, while their number may reach one million in a week, Forbes Ukraine reported on Aug. 19, citing Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Havryliuk.

Ukraine has taken steps to update the legal framework around conscription to ramp up mobilization this year. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a new law on mobilization on April 16.

The Ukrainian government has also allowed businesses to reserve 50% of their employees if their enterprises are considered to be critical to the functioning of the economy.

Mobilization does not currently cover the army's needs, as those mobilized become soldiers only 3-6 months after they have completed training, Havryliuk said.

Russia, on the contrary, is not reducing the number of its groups in the occupied territories of Ukraine, he added.

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Ukrenergo Announces Partial Completion of Anti-Drone Structures to Protect Substations
Ukraine’s energy transmission operator said structures to help protect against Russian drone strikes have been completed at numerous substations with foreign financial aid.

Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s energy transmission operator, announced on Monday, that concrete structures to help protect substations from drone strikes have been partially constructed at 41 facilities.

“NEC [National Energy Company] Ukrenergo is finalizing the construction of the first phase of anti-drone protection of high-voltage equipment at 41 company facilities,” read the company’s press release, adding that the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine is completing the construction of the first stage of protection at another 22 Ukrenergo facilities.

The company said the “protective reinforced concrete structures,” implemented only at Ukrenergo’s high-voltage substations, could withstand missile fragments or a direct hit from the Iranian Shahed drones favored by Moscow.

It did not elaborate on the constructions and components employed, citing security concerns.

“Ukraine is the first country in the world that invented a comprehensive solution for physical protection against [drone] strikes,” it added.

It said the project was financed by foreign aid, and “not a single hryvnia from the budget of Ukraine was spent on the construction of defense structures.”

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Russia Scrambles to Protect Its Helicopters From FPV Drones
Ukraine’s drone forces have shared first-person view (FPV) camera footage of UAV air-to-air kills against Russian military rotor-wing aircraft.

During Ukraine’s surprise offensive into the Kursk region, one striking feature was videos of first-person view (FPV) drones bringing down Russian military helicopters mid-flight.

In the 30-month war that followed Russia’s full-scale invasion, attack and surveillance drones are everywhere targeting vehicles, troops and defensive positions. It is no surprise therefore that Ukraine’s Aug. 6 cross-border incursion into the Kursk region was supported by swarms of drones. The difference this time was some of the drones’ targets.

On the second day of its advance, a video showed a Ukrainian FPV with an explosive payload chasing and then striking a Russian Mil Mi-28 (NATO: Havoc) attack helicopter in mid-air somewhere over Kursk, bringing it down and killing its two-man crew.

It could have been put down to blind luck if it had been a one-off. Two days later, a second Ukrainian FPV drone repeated the trick against a Russian Mil Mi-8 (NATO: Hip) transport helicopter also over the region.

A couple of weeks before the Kursk incursion an FPV drone struck and destroyed Moscow's Mi-8 medical-evacuation helicopter as it was taking off in eastern Ukraine killing all those on board.

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Ukraine may join NATO despite being partially occupied by Russia, Czech president says
Ukraine's accession to NATO should not depend on full control over all the country's territory, including the parts occupied by Russia, Czech President Petr Pavel said in an interview with the Novinky news outlet published on Aug. 19.

The July NATO summit in Washington ended with the launch of the Ukraine Compact, a security framework signed by 32 allies. The countries affirmed Kyiv's "irreversible" path toward membership, though Ukraine did not receive any definitive news about its future accession.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has repeatedly called on partners to issue a membership invitation to Kyiv, said that Ukraine will join NATO only after Russia's full-scale war ends.

Pavel expects that Ukraine and Russia could conclude an agreement "in the coming years," which potentially could mean that some of Ukraine's territories may be under Russia's occupation, but the West should consider these territories only as "temporary occupied," the media outlet reported.

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Lithuania begins construction of German military base
The NATO-country site is situated near Lithuania's border with Russian ally Belarus. It will be the first permanent foreign military deployment of German troops since World War II.

^{Construction has begun at Rudninkai, though there are already concerns it may not be completed on schedule}

Lithuanian and German officials on Monday took part in a ceremony marking the start of construction for a new military base that will house up to 4,000 combat-ready German troops when completed in late 2027.

Another 1,000 contractors will be housed elsewhere in the country.

The decision was prompted by Russia's 2022 invasion of nearby Ukraine, with Germany committing last year to permanently deploy troops in the NATO and EU member state — the first permanent foreign deployment of German troops since World War II — amid fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin could act on threats to attack NATO member states.

The base will be situated in Rudninkai, near the capital Vilnius, just 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Lithuania's border with Russian ally Belarus.

"If we are not secure, there is no security for them," said Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrid Simonyte at the ceremony, referring to Germany itself.

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Chechen commander says Russian conscripts must fight in Kursk Oblast, promises 'heaven' for killed

^{Russian and Chechen politician, Akhmad battalion's commader Apti Alaudinov seen during the 21th Congress of the United Russia Party in Moscow, Russia on Dec. 17, 2023. (Getty Images)}

Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the Chechen Akhmat Regiment fighting for Russia, said in a video on Aug. 19 that Russian conscripts should go to the front, and those who will be killed in Kursk Oblast "will go to heaven."

Alaudinov himself isn't fighting on the front.

Kyiv launched the unprecedented cross-border incursion on Aug. 6, saying it had captured over 1,200 square kilometers and dozens of Russian settlements since then.

At the beginning of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Russian conscripts will not be involved in the combat. As all-out war entered its third year, Putin signed a decree meant to conscript 150,000 citizens as part of the regularly occurring spring conscription campaign.

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Mongolia rejects 'Power of Siberia-2' gas pipeline, deals major blow to Russia's energy ambitions
In a significant setback for Moscow, Mongolia has definitively rejected the proposal to build the "Power of Siberia-2" gas pipeline. The Chinese newspaper South China Morning Post has reported that Mongolia has officially excluded the pipeline from its long-term plans extending up to 2028.

Experts interpret Mongolia’s decision as the final rejection of the contentious project, which was seen as a financial lifeline for a Russia grappling with sanctions. Losing access to the European gas market has cost Russia hundreds of billions of dollars and attempts to replace these revenues by expanding into the Chinese market have not borne fruit. Despite multiple proposals from President Putin, Beijing has consistently turned down the idea.

For Moscow, the need for new revenue and markets is urgent, but the project’s realization remains elusive. The proposed pipeline route, stretching 2,594 kilometers, would primarily traverse Mongolia, a landlocked nation. Yet, China has adamantly refused to discuss any project involving Mongolian territory for transit.

"We are entering a prolonged pause where Moscow no longer believes it can secure the desired deal from Beijing, likely postponing the project until more favorable times," says former Mongolian National Security Council employee Munkhnaran Bayarlkhagva.

He suspects that Beijing's reluctance could be partly due to Gazprom's perceived intentions to unilaterally control the Mongolian segment of the pipeline.

"This would mean a sudden and prolonged increase in Moscow's influence in Mongolia at Beijing's expense," Bayarlkhagva notes. "While never explicitly stated, it would have been 'fair' to include the Chinese in developing the Mongolian section from the start."

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences researcher Li Lifang adds, “Mongolia hopes for investments from both China and Russia, but Russia lacks the funds, and China is not rushing to build the pipeline.”

With Russia's substantial fossil fuel reserves, the energy sector is a critical aspect of its economic relationship with China. In fact, China imported 75.4 million tons of natural gas in the first seven months of this year alone. Fuel trade is expected to be a significant agenda topic during Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Moscow on Tuesday.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 00:51 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
En er zijn inderdaad incidenten geweest van geforceerde mobilisatie, waar Zelenski/de regering zich ook tegen uitgesproken heeft.

Violent Videos Raise Questions About Ukrainian Military Recruiters

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Maar dat gebeurd door Rusland ook:

Ukrainian woman tries to stop officials dragging her husband to join pro-Russian fighters

En in het geval van mannen die de dienstplicht proberen te ontlopen is dat gewoon gerechtvaardigd natuurlijk. In het geval van Rusland die Oekraïners in bezet gebied ronselen is dat niet het geval en is het volgens mij zelfs een oorlogsmisdaad. En in overige gevallen is het zeker niet gewenst, maar dan moet er naar de omstandigheden gekeken worden, en of het wettelijk te verantwoorden is.

Sowieso is het lang geleden dat ik zo'n filmpje vanuit Oekraïne tegen ben gekomen. Terwijl ik ze nu en dan vanuit Rusland nog wel zie.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 06:53 schreef sp3c het volgende:
Denk dattie geen Oekraïner is

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 06:55 schreef ludovico het volgende:

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Is een Oekraïne een minder mens? Dat die geofferd mag worden en een ander niet?

Als je zo licht praat over een ander zijn leven, wie ben jij zelf dan?

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 06:56 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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Dat zul je aan de Russen moeten vragen

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 06:57 schreef ludovico het volgende:

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Je leidt af.

Dienstplicht doet ook wat. Burgers van de straat plukken en in de meat grinder stoppen idem.

Ik ben wel helemaal klaar met Poetin het zou prettig zijn als die asap wordt omgelegd.

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810th Marine Brigade Suffering Huge Losses in Kursk Region

An "ATESH" agent among the Russian Armed Forces reported heavy losses in the units of the 810th Marine Brigade. Among them were servicemen from the 3rd company of the 1st Marine Brigade. Such as: Ruslan Igorevich Evseenko, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gridzhin, Valentin Vladimirovich Ignatyev, Evgeny Yuryevich Govdyak, Yuriy Andreevich Konkin, and the commander of this company was captured by fighters from the 225th separate battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Having analyzed the intelligence information, we can conclude that 30% of the combat-ready personnel remain in the battalion. The rest are captured, wounded or killed.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 06:57 schreef ludovico het volgende:

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Je leidt af.

Dienstplicht doet ook wat. Burgers van de straat plukken en in de meat grinder stoppen idem.

Ik ben wel helemaal klaar met Poetin het zou prettig zijn als die asap wordt omgelegd.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 07:03 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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Ja die dienstplicht is er nu eenmaal niet voor niks, Zelensky wilde het eigenlijk per 1 januari afgeschaft hebben maar door de oorlog kunnen ze weinig anders dan ermee doorgaan

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 07:29 schreef ludovico het volgende:

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Alles is een keuze, en in dit geval over andermans leven terwijl jijzelf geen risico loopt.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 07:24 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Hier in Nederland hebben wij ook gewoon dienstplicht al het er op aankomt. Alleen de opkomstplicht is opgeschort. Iedereen tussen de 17 en 45 jaar kan worden opgeroepen om deze te vervullen als er oorlog in Nederland uitbreekt.

En ja, als ik dan opgeroepen wordt voor mijn dienstplicht zou ik daar gewoon op komen dagen. Voor het verdedigen van mijn land in elk geval. Als ik wordt opgeroepen om een ander land aan te vallen waarbij wij de agressor zijn zonder een verdomd goede reden dan zal ik het weigeren.

En mensen die in het eerste geval de dienstplicht gaan ontwijken die moeten inderdaad gewoon opgepakt worden en naar het kantoor gebracht worden om hun plicht te vervullen. Of gestraft worden volgens de wet.

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U.S. Man Wanted for Child Pornography Possession Confirms Joining Russian Military

Russia’s Defense Ministry on Monday published an interview with a former Massachusetts city councilman who is wanted in the United States on child pornography charges, an apparent confirmation of previous reports that he fled the U.S. and enlisted in the Russian army.

Wilmer Puello-Mota, a former city councilman in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is believed to have fled the United States in January in violation of a court order while awaiting trial in Rhode Island for possession of child pornography.

Puello-Mota soon resurfaced in Russian military videos showing the capture of the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka in February. Russian regional authorities in April published a video of what at the time appeared to be Puello-Mota inside an army enlistment office, but they identified him only as former U.S. soldier “Will.”

Like the previous videos featuring Puello-Mota, the Russian Defense Ministry’s video published on Monday refers to the American only by his first name and makes no mention of the criminal charges against him in the United States.

“I’m Will, I’m from Massachusetts,” Puello-Mota said in the five-minute video interview wearing full combat gear. “My callsign is ‘Boston’.”

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 07:30 schreef ludovico het volgende:

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Ja, ziek, alle lof voor mensen die verplichte suïcide ontvluchten.

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Russian conscripts tortured to force participation in war - ASTRA
In Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, injured Russian conscripts are reportedly being handcuffed to radiators and beaten in a destroyed building located within the headquarters' territory, before being sent back to the war, according to ASTRA.

One of the soldiers, who served in military unit 36994 in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod, told ASTRA that soldiers, mainly conscripts who have misbehaved, are being illegally detained and subjected to violence in a dilapidated building on the grounds of the 47th Division’s headquarters, which was established in 2022 under the 272nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment.

The illegal detention center is reportedly run by the unit's commander, Captain Bohdan Romanov.

According to the complaint, soldiers are being held in an old armory room under the supervision of military police, confined without access to water, food, or restroom facilities. They are denied medical care and are treated like "livestock".

One such detainee was a Russian conscript who had lost part of his leg in the war and was held in the room for several days.

The channel ASTRA has reported that it knows the names of four affected individuals.

The unit’s chief medical officer is aware of the abuse taking place in this torture chamber but has not reported it. Meanwhile, both the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office have responded to the complaints by stating that no one is being held against their will in the unit. The source claims that these abuses are being covered up by the local prosecutor of the Mulino garrison, Kardanov.

Previously, Bloomberg reported that Russia’s growing shortage of soldiers for the war against Ukraine has prompted the country to increase recruitment bonuses to avoid another unpopular round of mobilization. However, there are few signs that this strategy is working.

It is known that the Kursk region is currently being defended by conscripts who had previously been promised by the Kremlin that they would not be deployed to the war.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 07:48 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Ik woon in Nederland, en daar heb ik erg veel geluk mee. Wij hebben hier veel vrijheden en zekerheden. En ook ben ik erg blij met de normen en waarden waar onze land voor staat.

Hier ben ik bereid voor om te vechten als het er op aan komt.

Vooral als het zo'n land als Rusland is die ons binnenvalt en al moordend en verkrachtend door het land trekken. Die onze ziekenhuizen en scholen, aanvallen. Onze normen, waarden en onze cultuur uit proberen te wissen. Die het belangrijker vinden om burgerdoelen aan te vallen dan militaire doelen.

In andere woorden terroristen die ons willen onderdrukken. Die slaven van ons zouden willen maken.

Ons land is het waard om te verdedigen.

En het wonen in Nederland komt met lusten en lasten. Net zoals elk ander land in deze wereld.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 09:06 schreef ludovico het volgende:

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Jij verplicht mensen die er anders over denken óók hun leven te offeren, ja, want jouw instelling in deze is collectivistisch van aard.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 07:24 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

En mensen die in het eerste geval de dienstplicht gaan ontwijken die moeten inderdaad gewoon opgepakt worden en naar het kantoor gebracht worden om hun plicht te vervullen. Of gestraft worden volgens de wet.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 07:48 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Wij hebben hier veel vrijheden en zekerheden.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 07:30 schreef ludovico het volgende:

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Ja, ziek, alle lof voor mensen die verplichte suïcide ontvluchten.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 09:13 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Mensen zoals jij zijn droevig en hebben geen gram historisch perspectief.

NL kent in haar bestaan (net als alle andere landen op deze aardbol) langer wel dienstplicht dan niet.

Maar sinds je niet meer op hoeft te komen draven denken figuren zoals jij dat niet op hoeven komen een door god gegeven recht is ofzo.

En je opmerking klopt, het is collectivistisch, NL is namelijk een collectief.

Alleen geef je er blijk van, ook last te hebben van zo'n ander modern kwaaltje: namelijk dat collectieven niet bestaan en de wereld louter bestaat uit 8 miljard "individuen".

En te stupide om te snappen dat het onze vrijheden en verworvenheden zijn die je in staat stellen om je zo op te stellen.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 09:56 schreef Elan het volgende:

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Nederland een collectief
Alsof iemand zijn leven wil geven voor onze multiculturele zwijnenstal.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 09:57 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Heb je niet meegekregen dat je naar rusland mag?

Ik zeg: doen.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 10:01 schreef Elan het volgende:

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Ik ben gewoon Nederlands staatsburger debiel.
Misschien kan jij eindelijk je leven geven voor je kameraden in Ukraine. Het schijnt ondanks de terroristische speldenprikjes nogal matig te gaan aan het oostfront in de Donetsk-regio.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 09:57 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Heb je niet meegekregen dat je naar rusland mag?

Ik zeg: doen.

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Op dinsdag 20 augustus 2024 10:03 schreef Elan het volgende:

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Puur vanuit kapitalistische overwegingen zeg ik ja.

Zonder Rusland had jij overigens Duits gesproken hypocriete zak hooi